What is a Transaction Variant?

Question

hello abap gurus,
can u tell me what is a transaction variant and how does it works? i have a requirement that is to run an existing customized report program in the background. that means no user interface. i'm pretty new with abap programming. please help...
thanks,
sid

Answer 1

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Transaction Variants                
Use Transaction Variants to make fields Mandatory, Hidden or Display. Also applicable to screens and tabstrips.
You can hide unwanted screens and fields in any of the standard SAP programs without changing any of the standard programs.  Additional features such as making the variant as default on the standard SAP transaction code is only available as of 4.6x.
Transaction SHD0 - Create a variant for the required transaction by changing the layout through hiding fields and screens.
Transaction SE93 - Create a variant transaction (e.g. for VA02 = ZVA02).  
Next allocate the transaction variant to this variant transaction.
In 4.6c, you can default your transaction variant as the standard variant. (SHD0 - Edit -> Activate/Deactivate as standard variant)
tables:  tbtco.
data: jobcnt(1) type n,
      t_sdluname like tbtco-sdluname,
      t_strtdate like tbtco-strtdate,
      t_strttime like tbtco-strttime.
ZXXX is the job name to check for
select * from tbtco where jobname  = 'ZXXX'
                      and strtdate = sy-datum
                      and status   = 'R'.
   add 1 to jobcnt = jobcnt.
    if jobcnt = 1.
       t_sdluname = tbtco-sdluname.
       t_strtdate = tbtco-strtdate.
       t_strttime = tbtco-strttime.
    else.
       exit.
    endif.
endselect.
if sy-subrc = 0.
   if jobcnt >= 1.
       message i999(b1) with t_sdluname ' has released job on '
                         t_strtdate t_strttime.
   endif.
endif.
Use Transaction Variants to make fields Mandatory, Hidden or Display. Also applicable to screens and tabstrips.
You can hide unwanted screens and fields in any of the standard SAP programs without changing any of the standard programs.  Additional features such as making the variant as default on the standard SAP transaction code is only available as of 4.6x.
Transaction SHD0 - Create a variant for the required transaction by changing the layout through hiding fields and screens.
Transaction SE93 - Create a variant transaction (e.g. for VA02 = ZVA02).  
Next allocate the transaction variant to this variant transaction.
In 4.6c, you can default your transaction variant as the standard variant. (SHD0 - Edit -> Activate/Deactivate as standard variant)
Using Transaction variants
Change SAP standard screens by hiding fields, screens, tabstrips, changing field properties, ... read on
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Transaction AL08
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CALL 'SYST_LOGOFF'.
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Transaction code - SMW0
X - Binary data for WebRFC application
Hit Enter
Click Execute
Click Settings -> Maintain MIME types
Click the Create button
Fill in :- TYPE : image/gif       EXTENSION : .GIF
Click Save
Click Back to the Binary data for WebRFC
Click Create
Fill in :- Obj. name : ZXXXX.GIF Description : Company Logo
Click Import and specify the filename where your GIF file is located.File type is BIN. Finish press the Transfer button.
If successful, your logo will be shown in the Binary data for WebRFC.
Transaction codeSM30 - Table/View - SSM_CUST
Click Maintain
Click New Entries
Name                     Value to be set
START_IMAGE      ZXXXX.GIF
RESIZE_IMAGE     NO
Logoff and Login again
Automated transports 
regards
vinod